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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2023 Aug 1;32(12):1439–1445. doi: 10.1002/pds.5675

Table 1.

Positive Predictive Values (PPVs) for Incident and Recurrent Stroke

Confirmed Cases
(Yes/No)
PPV (95% CI)
Incident Stroke
All codes Yes=70, No=5 0.93 (0.88, 0.99)
I63.0x Yes=1, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.1x Yes=3, No=1 0.75 (0.33, 1.0)
I63.2x Yes=4, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.3x Yes=2, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.4x Yes=12, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.5x Yes=12, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.8x Yes=2, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.9 Yes=34, No=4 0.89 (0.80, 0.99)
Recurrent Stroke
All codes Yes=54, No=21 0.72 (0.62, 0.82)
I63.0x Yes=3, No=1 0.75 (0.33, 1.0)
I63.1x Yes=2, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.2x Yes=4, No=8 0.33 (0.07, 0.60)
I63.3x Yes=0, No=0 N/A
I63.4x Yes=17, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.5x Yes=9, No=1 0.90 (0.71, 1.0)
I63.8x Yes=1, No=0 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
I63.9 Yes=18, No=11 0.62 (0.44, 0.80)
Recurrent Stroke Stratified by Gaps between the First and Second Stroke
≤20 Days Yes=15, No=8 0.65 (0.46, 0.85)
>20 Days Yes=39, No=13 0.75 (0.63, 0.87)
≤30 Days Yes=21, No=9 0.70 (0.54, 0.86)
>30 Days Yes=33, No=12 0.73 (0.60, 0.86)
≤45 Days Yes=26, No=11 0.70 (0.56, 0.85)
>45 Days Yes=28, No=10 0.74 (0.60, 0.88)
≤60 Days Yes=30, No=13 0.70 (0.56, 0.83)
>60 Days Yes=24, No=8 0.75 (0.60, 0.90)
≤90 Days Yes=36, No=13 0.73 (0.61, 0.86)
>90 Days Yes=18, No=8 0.69 (0.51, 0.87)
≤180 Days Yes=40, No=14 0.74 (0.62, 0.86)
>180 Days Yes=14, No=7 0.67 (0.47, 0.87)
≤365 Days Yes=44, No=17 0.72 (0.61, 0.83)
>365 Days Yes=10, No=4 0.71 (0.48, 0.95)
Recurrent Stroke after Removing Hospital Admissions related to Stroke-Related Procedures * Yes=50, No=14 0.78 (0.68, 0.88)

All reviewed cases included ICD codes I63.x. There was no recurrent stroke case identified by G46.3 or G46.42 codes. *Carotid endarterectomy, transcarotid artery revascularization, or carotid artery stenting procedures (CPT codes: 35301, 37215, 37217)